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The study of chromosomes, which are the visible carriers of the hereditary material

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Cytogenetics

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Cytogenetics is the study of

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Chromosomes

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Cytogenetics is a fusion of (gcs)

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science
cytology
genetics

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4
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the study of cells

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Cytology

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(the study of inherited variation)

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genetics

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Genetics — is the study of ___ and ____

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heredity and variation

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— study of transmission of traits and biological information between generations

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Heredity

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— are simply differences in genetic sequence

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Variation

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9
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Examples of genetic variation (within species)

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Domesticated species
Human genetics
Natural Populations

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10
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Three (3) primary sources of genetic variation:

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Mutations
Gene flow
Sex

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11
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Areas of Genetics

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Classical Genetics
Molecular Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics

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(based on Mendel’s 1st and 2nd laws)

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Classical Genetics

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13
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(based on the Central Dogma of Molecular Genetics)

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Molecular Genetics

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(based on the theory of Natural Selection proposed by Darwin)

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Evolutionary Genetics

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15
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it “

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Santayana,1905-1906

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16
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People have known about inheritance for a long time.

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children resemble their parents

domestication of animals and plants, selective breeding for good characteristics

Sumerian horse breeding records

Egyptian data palm breeding

Bible and hemophilia

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17
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Old/ incorrect ideas

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All life comes from other life

Species concept

Organisms develop by expressing information carried in their hereditary material.

The environment can’t alter the hereditary material in a directed fashion

Male and female parents contribute equally to the offspring.

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18
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Three (3) major events in the mid-1800’s led directly to the development of modern genetics.

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The Origin of Species

Experiments in Plant Hybridization

isolated “nucleic acid” from pus cells.

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19
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published The Origin of Species, which describes the theory of evolution by natural selection

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1859: Charles Darwin

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published Experiments in Plant Hybridization, which lays out the basic theory of genetics.
It is widely ignored until 1900.

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1866: Gregor Mendel

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isolated “nucleic acid” from pus cells.

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1869: Friedrich Miescher

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22
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proved that the genetic material is indeed located in the nucleus.

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1871: Ernst Haeckel

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1900: rediscovery of Mendel’s work by

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Carl Correns
Hugo de Vries
Erich von Tschermak

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24
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1902:_______ discovered that alkaptonuria, a human disease, has a genetic basis.

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Archibald Garrod

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  • coined “gene”
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Wilhelm Johannsen

26
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1904:_______ discovered linkage between genes. Also coins the word “genetics”.

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William Bateson

27
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1910: A year after, together with_______, Bateson discovered the science of genetic linkage.

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Reginald Punnett

28
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Reginald Punnett and Bateson

coined the term “_____” to describe the interaction between two different traits

29
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1910:_____ proved that genes are located on the chromosomes (using Drosophila).

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

30
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1918:_____ began the study of quantitative genetics by partitioning phenotypic variance into a genetic and an environmental component.

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R. A. Fisher

31
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1926:________ shows that X-rays induce mutations

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Hermann J. Muller

32
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1944:(3) show that DNA can transform bacteria, demonstrating that DNA is the hereditary material.

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Oswald Avery
Colin MacLeod
Maclyn McCarty

33
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1953: They determine the structure of the DNA molecule, which leads directly to knowledge of how it replicates

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James Watson and Francis Crick

34
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1966:______ solves the genetic code, showing that 3 DNA bases code for one amino acid.

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Marshall Nirenberg

35
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1970: — an enzyme found in retroviruses, was discovered and was used in cloning genes.

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Reverse transcriptase

36
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1972: (2) combine DNA from two different species in vitro, then transform it into bacterial cells: first DNA cloning

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Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer

37
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1977: Scientist______introduced the process of sequencing the genome (set of genes of an organism) of a bacteriophage.
Later, scientists have done it in other organisms as well.

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Frederick Sanger

38
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1983:
invented the process called Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

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Kary Mullis

39
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In this technique, a segment of the DNA is amplified until millions of copies are produced in just a short period of time

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

40
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1990: The ________was started.
GOAL: To sequence and map the genome (collections of all the genes) of man.

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Human Genome Project

41
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1996:
They have successfully cloned Dolly the sheep.

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Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell

42
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When: Sequence of the entire human genome is announced.

43
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Charles Darwin
published_________, which describes the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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The Origin of Species

44
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Gregor Mendel
published___________, which lays out the basic theory of genetics.
■ It is widely ignored until 1900.

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Experiments in Plant Hybridization

45
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Friedrich Miescher
isolated “_________” from pus cells

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nucleic acid

46
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The experiments of Ernst Haeckel proved that the genetic material is indeed located in the

47
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Archibald Garrod discovered that______, a human disease, has a genetic basis.

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alkaptonuria

48
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Wilhelm Johannsen- coined “____”

49
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William Bateson discovered linkage
between genes. Also coins the word “_____”.

50
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A year after, together with Reginald Punnett,
Bateson discovered the science of genetic linkage.
○ They also coined the term “______” to describe the interaction between two
different traits

51
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Gene responsible for brown hair

52
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Thomas Hunt Morgan proved that genes are located on the chromosomes (using______).

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Drosophila

53
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R. A. Fisher began the study of_____ genetics by partitioning phenotypic variance into a genetic and an environmental component.

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quantitative

54
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Hermann J. Muller shows that _____ induce mutations.

55
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Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty show that DNA can transform bacteria, demonstrating that DNA is the_____ material.

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hereditary

56
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James Watson and Francis Crick determine the structure of the_____ molecule, which leads directly to knowledge of how it replicates

57
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Marshall Nirenberg solves the______, showing that 3 DNA bases code for one amino acid.

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genetic code

58
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Example of diseases that has reverse transcriptase

59
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Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer combine DNA from two different species in vitro, then transform it into bacterial cells: first____ cloning

60
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Scientist Frederick Sanger
○ introduced the process of sequencing the
genome (set of genes of an organism) of a
_____.

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bacteriophage

61
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Kary Mullis invented the process called

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

62
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In this technique, a segment of the DNA is amplified until millions of copies are produced in just a short period of time

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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).

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